TransPacific Tournament Girls 18U Final (1/19/26)

The Kuʻikahi Volleyball Club put on a clinic and easily turned back the Peak Volleyball Academy (TX) in a two-set sweep, 25-9, and 25-15 at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center to win the gold in the 18 Girls 2026 TransPacific Championship on Monday!

PVA 17 had won the Paniolo Power Play in Texas last December which gave them a free trip to Hawaiʻi for the TransPacific Championship.

Kuʻikahi spared the first point to PVA via an ace, but they responded with a bunch of fire via an 8-1 run to ultimately run away with the first set.

Kuʻikahi Outside Hitter Poema Kalama-Kingma anchored the team and had a great night with fellow Outside Hitter Kalaweloilehua Chock.

PVA could not put together any runs while Kuʻikahi went on two significant 8-1 and 6-1 runs to pull away and hold PVA to just nine points scored.

“We expected them to have some big hitters, but we knew we had the pieces to beat them,” Kalama-Kingma said.

Set two saw some fight from PVA. Outside Hitter Kiki Bolden led the PVA pack with a kill to draw first blood. Bolden accounted for the team’s first two kills while Kuʻikahi tied the score at two from two Chock kills.

Kuʻikahi Middle Blocker Kaiya Hadlock executed a kill on the next possession which began a 5-2 run, and Kuʻikahi was able to get a lead.

Hadlock and Chock proved to be forces for Kuʻikahi and aided in six unanswered points and gave the team an 18-10 lead.

Bailey Nakanelua added a kill of her own to add to that run, which turned into a 9-1 Kuʻikahi run. A service error stopped that run, but Kuʻikahi was ahead, 21-12.

PVA tried to start something late, but they were too far back, and Kuʻikahi won the second set, 25-15, to complete the sweep.